diff --git a/api/charts.api.md b/api/charts.api.md
index ae3330e87f..d2773353e0 100644
--- a/api/charts.api.md
+++ b/api/charts.api.md
@@ -2005,6 +2005,7 @@ export type TooltipProps = TooltipPortalSettings<'chart'> & {
     headerFormatter?: TooltipValueFormatter;
     unit?: string;
     customTooltip?: CustomTooltip;
+    stickTo?: Position;
 };
 
 // @public
diff --git a/src/chart_types/xy_chart/crosshair/crosshair_utils.ts b/src/chart_types/xy_chart/crosshair/crosshair_utils.ts
index b3a5c1eee0..dcec27b46f 100644
--- a/src/chart_types/xy_chart/crosshair/crosshair_utils.ts
+++ b/src/chart_types/xy_chart/crosshair/crosshair_utils.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ import { TooltipAnchorPosition } from '../../../components/tooltip/types';
 import { Line, Rect } from '../../../geoms/types';
 import { Scale } from '../../../scales';
 import { isContinuousScale } from '../../../scales/types';
-import { Rotation } from '../../../utils/common';
+import { TooltipProps } from '../../../specs/settings';
+import { Position, Rotation } from '../../../utils/common';
 import { Dimensions } from '../../../utils/dimensions';
 import { Point } from '../../../utils/point';
 import { isHorizontalRotation, isVerticalRotation } from '../state/utils/common';
@@ -177,10 +178,25 @@ export function getTooltipAnchorPosition(
   cursorBandPosition: Line | Rect,
   cursorPosition: { x: number; y: number },
   panel: Dimensions,
+  stickTo?: TooltipProps['stickTo'],
 ): TooltipAnchorPosition {
   const isRotated = isVerticalRotation(chartRotation);
-  const hPosition = getHorizontalTooltipPosition(cursorPosition.x, cursorBandPosition, panel, offset.left, isRotated);
-  const vPosition = getVerticalTooltipPosition(cursorPosition.y, cursorBandPosition, panel, offset.top, isRotated);
+  const hPosition = getHorizontalTooltipPosition(
+    cursorPosition.x,
+    cursorBandPosition,
+    panel,
+    offset.left,
+    isRotated,
+    stickTo,
+  );
+  const vPosition = getVerticalTooltipPosition(
+    cursorPosition.y,
+    cursorBandPosition,
+    panel,
+    offset.top,
+    isRotated,
+    stickTo,
+  );
   return {
     isRotated,
     ...vPosition,
@@ -194,6 +210,7 @@ function getHorizontalTooltipPosition(
   panel: Dimensions,
   globalOffset: number,
   isRotated: boolean,
+  stickTo?: TooltipProps['stickTo'],
 ): { x0?: number; x1: number } {
   if (!isRotated) {
     const left = 'x1' in cursorBandPosition ? cursorBandPosition.x1 : cursorBandPosition.x;
@@ -203,10 +220,11 @@ function getHorizontalTooltipPosition(
       x1: left + width + globalOffset,
     };
   }
+  const x = stickTo === Position.Left ? 0 : stickTo === Position.Right ? panel.width : cursorXPosition;
   return {
     // NOTE: x0 set to zero blocks tooltip placement on left when rotated 90 deg
     // Delete this comment before merging and verifying this doesn't break anything.
-    x1: panel.left + cursorXPosition + globalOffset,
+    x1: panel.left + x + globalOffset,
   };
 }
 
@@ -216,15 +234,17 @@ function getVerticalTooltipPosition(
   panel: Dimensions,
   globalOffset: number,
   isRotated: boolean,
+  stickTo?: TooltipProps['stickTo'],
 ): {
   y0: number;
   y1: number;
 } {
+  const y = stickTo === Position.Top ? 0 : stickTo === Position.Bottom ? panel.height : cursorYPosition;
   if (!isRotated) {
-    const y = cursorYPosition + panel.top + globalOffset;
+    const yPos = y + panel.top + globalOffset;
     return {
-      y0: y,
-      y1: y,
+      y0: yPos,
+      y1: yPos,
     };
   }
   const top = 'y1' in cursorBandPosition ? cursorBandPosition.y1 : cursorBandPosition.y;
diff --git a/src/chart_types/xy_chart/state/selectors/get_tooltip_position.ts b/src/chart_types/xy_chart/state/selectors/get_tooltip_position.ts
index 1a6faaaa5b..4995fedf76 100644
--- a/src/chart_types/xy_chart/state/selectors/get_tooltip_position.ts
+++ b/src/chart_types/xy_chart/state/selectors/get_tooltip_position.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import createCachedSelector from 're-reselect';
 
 import { TooltipAnchorPosition } from '../../../../components/tooltip/types';
+import { isTooltipType } from '../../../../specs/settings';
 import { getChartIdSelector } from '../../../../state/selectors/get_chart_id';
 import { getSettingsSpecSelector } from '../../../../state/selectors/get_settings_specs';
 import { getTooltipAnchorPosition } from '../../crosshair/crosshair_utils';
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ export const getTooltipAnchorPositionSelector = createCachedSelector(
       cursorBandPosition,
       projectedPointerPosition,
       panel,
+      isTooltipType(settings.tooltip) ? undefined : settings.tooltip.stickTo,
     );
   },
 )(getChartIdSelector);
diff --git a/src/components/portal/types.ts b/src/components/portal/types.ts
index eb6532e4b2..845ecd2465 100644
--- a/src/components/portal/types.ts
+++ b/src/components/portal/types.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export interface TooltipPortalSettings<B = never> {
   boundary?: HTMLElement | B;
   /**
    * Boundary element padding.
-   * Used to reduce extents of boundary placement when magins or paddings are used on boundary
+   * Used to reduce extents of boundary placement when margins or paddings are used on boundary
    *
    * @defaultValue 0
    */
diff --git a/src/specs/settings.tsx b/src/specs/settings.tsx
index 44ac0599e7..227d6f704b 100644
--- a/src/specs/settings.tsx
+++ b/src/specs/settings.tsx
@@ -269,6 +269,10 @@ export type TooltipProps = TooltipPortalSettings<'chart'> & {
    * Render custom tooltip given header and values
    */
   customTooltip?: CustomTooltip;
+  /**
+   * Stick the tooltip to a specific position within the current cursor
+   */
+  stickTo?: Position;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/stories/area/2_with_time.tsx b/stories/area/2_with_time.tsx
index 3f08b82219..a1f2d7b905 100644
--- a/stories/area/2_with_time.tsx
+++ b/stories/area/2_with_time.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 import React from 'react';
 
-import { AreaSeries, Axis, Chart, Position, ScaleType, timeFormatter } from '../../src';
+import { AreaSeries, Axis, Chart, Placement, Position, ScaleType, Settings, timeFormatter } from '../../src';
 import { KIBANA_METRICS } from '../../src/utils/data_samples/test_dataset_kibana';
 import { SB_SOURCE_PANEL } from '../utils/storybook';
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const dateFormatter = timeFormatter('HH:mm');
 
 export const Example = () => (
   <Chart className="story-chart">
+    <Settings tooltip={{ stickTo: Position.Top, placement: Placement.RightStart, offset: 5 }} rotation={0} />
     <Axis
       id="bottom"
       title="timestamp per 1 minute"